Tulsa Crime Forum

[Porky]

I'm starting a forum that covers daily news of crimes in Tulsa.

You don't have to join to post but you can join if you wish.

I've got just todays/yesterday crimes in Tulsa already on it and it's shocking.

Anyways, here's the link: http://tulsacrime.proboards.com

[MDepr2007]

You don't have the vicious possum call that had 4 officers responding Saturday night.

[Porky]

quote:Originally posted by MDepr2007

You don't have the vicious possum call that had 4 officers responding Saturday night.

I want it, got a link?

[Wilbur]

quote:Originally posted by Porky

I'm starting a forum that covers daily news of crimes in Tulsa.

You don't have to join to post but you can join if you wish.

I've got just todays/yesterday crimes in Tulsa already on it and it's shocking.

Anyways, here's the link: http://tulsacrime.proboards.com

You say "... in Tulsa..." but you are posting items happening outside of Tulsa.  Such as, your sole drug item happened in Leonard, which is the other side of Bixby.

[RecycleMichael]

He also has incorrectly spelled assault on his categories and posted stories about an OKC case as the example of sexual assault.

Is the motivation to make Tulsans afraid by focusing on crime?

[BKDotCom]

¿Any demand for a Random Acts Of Kindness forum?

[guido911]

quote:Originally posted by BKDotCom

¿Any demand for a Random Acts Of Kindness forum?

Inteller is working on that one.

[Porky]

quote:Originally posted by Wilbur

quote:Originally posted by Porky

I'm starting a forum that covers daily news of crimes in Tulsa.

You don't have to join to post but you can join if you wish.

I've got just todays/yesterday crimes in Tulsa already on it and it's shocking.

Anyways, here's the link: http://tulsacrime.proboards.com

You say "... in Tulsa..." but you are posting items happening outside of Tulsa.  Such as, your sole drug item happened in Leonard, which is the other side of Bixby.

Your correct and I probably shouldn't of posted the story that happened in OKC, referring to the rape.

I do want it to be aboutt Tulsa but I also want the surrounding areas and I feel that Lenoard is part of this area. Again, your correct that OKC doesn't belong.

[Porky]

quote:Originally posted by RecycleMichael

He also has incorrectly spelled assault on his categories and posted stories about an OKC case as the example of sexual assault.

Is the motivation to make Tulsans afraid by focusing on crime?

Forgive me RM for my spelling error but thanks for letting me know.

My motivation for this forum is to bring awareness and hopefully answers in bringing the crime level down in Tulsa.

I'll be adding more this evening to the website as I will also be doing in the future that will better explain the websites purpose.

This evening for example I'll be addressing Crystal Darkness that will be airing on most of our local stations tomorrow night.

[swake]

Let me guess, that's going to be a story airing on "2 Works for You!"

Quit trying to scare people.

The city of Tulsa's rate in 2006 for all types of violent crime was 1.2482 per 100 people and the vast majority of those crimes were assaults.

So, if you lived in Tulsa for 40 years and the crime rate was static over that period you'd run about a 50/50 chance of being the victim of a violent crime, and even then there'd be a 75% chance of that crime just being an assault. You have to live in Tulsa for 160 years to run a 50/50 chance of being a victim of a violent crime worse than assault.

If you Don't hang out with gang members, avoid drugs (and drug dealers), try to live in a decent neighborhood, don't marry a bi-polar crack head and a don't go to bars and get plastered and out of control on a regular basis and your chances of being a victim go way, way down from even there.

And none of this is taking into account the fact that the suburbs for the most part have very low crime.

[RecycleMichael]

I think crime, especially violent crime is down in Tulsa.

I think many of the petty criminals are now caught by just waiting for them when they go to the casino.

[Porky]

quote:Originally posted by swake

Let me guess, that's going to be a story airing on "2 Works for You!"

Quit trying to scare people.

The city of Tulsa's rate in 2006 for all types of violent crime was 1.2482 per 100 people and the vast majority of those crimes were assaults.

So, if you lived in Tulsa for 40 years and the crime rate was static over that period you'd run about a 50/50 chance of being the victim of a violent crime, and even then there'd be a 75% chance of that crime just being an assault. You have to live in Tulsa for 160 years to run a 50/50 chance of being a victim of a violent crime worse than assault.

If you Don't hang out with gang members, avoid drugs (and drug dealers), try to live in a decent neighborhood, don't marry a bi-polar crack head and a don't go to bars and get plastered and out of control on a regular basis and your chances of being a victim go way, way down from even there.

And none of this is taking into account the fact that the suburbs for the most part have very low crime.

Tulsa's crime rate is twice the national average, Swake.

What about the man in the wheel chair that got shot this past week? What about the kid that got shot watching TV and died this past week? Neither of them were gang members or did drugs.

[swake]

quote:Originally posted by Porky

quote:Originally posted by swake

Let me guess, that's going to be a story airing on "2 Works for You!"

Quit trying to scare people.

The city of Tulsa's rate in 2006 for all types of violent crime was 1.2482 per 100 people and the vast majority of those crimes were assaults.

So, if you lived in Tulsa for 40 years and the crime rate was static over that period you'd run about a 50/50 chance of being the victim of a violent crime, and even then there'd be a 75% chance of that crime just being an assault. You have to live in Tulsa for 160 years to run a 50/50 chance of being a victim of a violent crime worse than assault.

If you Don't hang out with gang members, avoid drugs (and drug dealers), try to live in a decent neighborhood, don't marry a bi-polar crack head and a don't go to bars and get plastered and out of control on a regular basis and your chances of being a victim go way, way down from even there.

And none of this is taking into account the fact that the suburbs for the most part have very low crime.

Tulsa's crime rate is twice the national average, Swake.

What about the man in the wheel chair that got shot this past week? What about the kid that got shot watching TV and died this past week? Neither of them were gang members or did drugs.

You are just proving my point. Trying the cross the street in a wheelchair at Apache and Cincinnati is dangerous for many reasons even aside from the violent crime rate and gang activity in the area. The man's being there certainly goes against my "try to live in decent neighborhood". As for the kid killed watching TV, he was also in a bad neighborhood in a specifically known gang house that had been shot at four times previously in recent months. Being in a house like that ever is just plain stupid. It's doesn't mean I don't feel sorry for the kid and his family and it doesn't make it his fault. But it was easily avoidable.

I'm not saying that innocent people are not victim of violent crimes, I'm saying it's rare. And I'm saying that there are things that you can do to greatly lower your chances of being a victim. Every death so far this year goes against my list of how you can lower your chances of being a victim. I count four so far and all four happened in bad areas, three are likely gang related the fourth was a marriage with drinking and past domestic violence complaints.

[cannon_fodder]

I want numbers, charts, and sources please.

[swake]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

I want numbers, charts, and sources please.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20081228_11_A1_Ofthes219282

Article is using 2006 numbers but also states that quote:


Ashley said Tulsa's crime rates have seen some improvements.

The violent crime number dropped to 4,559 in 2007 and 4,085 by the end of this October, according to the Tulsa Police Department.